Turkey does not wish to have problems with US: foreign minister

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Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, August 24, 2015. Turkey and the United States will soon launch "comprehensive" air operations to flush Islamic State fighters from a zone in northern Syria bordering Turkey, Cavusoglu told Reuters on Monday. To match Interview MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTX1PFIV

 

ANKARA: Turkey does not wish to have problems with the United States and the two NATO allies could easily overcome their differences but not with the current US approach, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday.

Ankara is locked in a complex rift with Washington that has seen the two countries impose tariffs on some of each other’s imports and has exacerbated a currency crisis in Turkey.

“We can solve issues with the United States very easily, but not with the current approach,” Cavusoglu told a news conference.